One of the strangest, most desolate places I've ever been is in the weathered volcano crater called La Morada del Diablo (the place where the devil dwells) in the Pali Aike national park in Chilean Patagonia. People lived here once. They must have had a...
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Anthony Jacobs, the founder and chief pilot for Perspective Aerials (perspectiveaerials.com), became the first person I know of to fly a Canon 1DC with a drone rig. The 1DC is a camera I have some very mixed feelings about, as I have already stated in other...
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It must be Eran Amir appreciation day here at TheCameraForum.Com. Here is Amir back once again with another fantastic time lapse movie idea, this time more than 300 random people on the streets of Israel, each repeating one single note, creating together one harmonious melody.Amir is quick...
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In the spirit of our continuing coverage of interesting time lapse photography projects, here is one with a very different and quite creative twist. Eran Amir, the project creator, originally uploaded "500 People In 100 Seconds" to YouTube on Aug 23, 2011. Including my own, to...
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KILLING ME SOFTLY -- A CANON 1DC SHORT FILM from Andrew Wonder on Vimeo. When God designed lobsters he built them very different from humans, so it's hard for us to imagine how they perceive the world. Where humans are the dominate species on land,...
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Landscapes: Volume One from Dustin Farrell on Vimeo. There is something about seeing the world move in slices of time as opposed to viewing it as a continual flow. Time-lapse photography fascinates when it is particularly well done. It draws you in. It can create a...
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Henrick Interview from The Luminous Landscape on Vimeo. Michael Reichmann of The Luminous Landscape recently interviewed Henrik Håkonsson, CEO of Phase One, about the state of the marketplace and the future of Medium Format in general. The PhaseOne Companies are comprised of PhaseOne, CaptureOne Software, Leaf, and...
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Tiburon Martillo / Hammerhead Shark from Studio Up! on Vimeo. The hammerhead shark is the most emblematic animal of the Galapagos Marine Reserve, which is one of the last places in the world where you can still see large schools of these strange animals. The songs’s...
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Dog Schidt Optiks 'Flare Factory 58g' (Green Tint) Taking Lens + Iscorama 36 from Melting Bloke (Richard Gale) on Vimeo. From the "Just When You Think You've Seen It All" department comes a UK company with the unusual name Dog Schidt Optiks. This innovative company brings to...
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Filmmaker Interviews: Rick Gershon from Canon Pro on Vimeo. MediaStorm’s Director of Photography, Rick Gershon, brought the C300 to Angola to shoot their documentary “Surviving the Peace,” which follows the progress of the Mines Advisory Group as they clear unexploded ordnance. Watch as he shares his...
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For years, I have heard warnings about the poor quality of photos taken by small point-and-shoot cameras that have digital zooms. Critics would say that they never use that feature because it would mean giving up the quality that only an optical lens could provide....
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Dramatic Aurora Borealis. Iceland - Time-Lapse of a Winter Fairytale from Anna Possberg on Vimeo. Claus and Anna Possberg, a German photo and film team have travelled extensively to haunt the special places of the world. Together, husband and wife, they have travelled to every single...
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Death Do Us Part from Ian Ruhter : Alchemist on Vimeo. "There is a point in every person's life when they must choose to follow their dreams or be stuck in the life they fear" boldly proclaims Ian Ruhter - Alchemist. And truly an alchemist he...
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Want to see how Glass actually feels? Google has just released a video which shows off the UI for its Glass project—and it looks real interesting to me. The Glass project is Google's answer to the yet-to-be-proven need for a "wearable" computer with eye ball and voice...
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Today, the most popular first lens bought with a new body is a zoom. The two most usable focal lengths, according to the many professional photographers I've discussed this with is a 24-70mm and a 70-200mm. These are the typical zoom focal lengths chosen for...
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If there is one man's words I will spend the rest of my life trying to feel, they are those of Henri Cartier-Bresson. Yes, I said feel, as from my hours of study I find Cartier-Bresson unique in the world of photographers. Like few others...
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